Mount Kenya Meru

Aroma: Sweet, violet
Flavor: Dense, Chocolate
Body: Heavy
Acidity: Bright, Citrus-like
Finish: Lingering, Buttery
Aftertaste: Tangerine, Oak, Chocolate

The powerful fruit and floral aroma is the first thing you’ll notice about Mount Kenya Meru. Bright and well structured, its acidity has delicate citrus nuances that pair well with the coffee’s heavier body. It starts high on a mountain plateau, in the foothills of Mount Kenya. Lush, green canopies of trees shade the coffee cherries from too much sun, and ensure a rich habitat for beneficial birds and wildlife. This allows the beans to grow slowly and to take in every flavor their environment has to offer. Once the beans have matured, they are carefully handpicked, sorted and set out to dry. Dunn Bros Coffee works with a cooperative of small farms—that average a mere 50 trees each—and selects their finest beans. These high-density arabica beans reach their peak in our Full City Roast and make a cup of coffee that starts with layer upon layer of flavor rolling across the rim and ends with a chocolate and tangerine finish.


A cup of La Laguna Guatemala starts with the fresh aroma of honey and a hint of raspberry. Close your eyes and you can sense where these sweet, well-balanced beans come from: lush hillsides, shaded by Guava and Gravilea trees at 5,000 feet above sea level. The high heat of the day cooled by the Xocomil winds coming off Lake Atitlan. These conditions and the rich soil made by a massive volcanic explosion many centuries ago allow these coffee cherries to mature slowly. Taking all the time they need to fully develop that rich, malty and buttery smooth body. Once they’re ripe, the coffee cherries are harvested, depulped and set out to dry until the moisture content hits 12%—just right for roasting. We then choose the finest beans from a few select growers for our La Laguna Guatemala coffee. Once the beans arrive in-store, we roast them to a Full City Roast. First crack tells us the moisture is leaving and the beans’ flavors are starting to appear. They peak about three minutes later, at second crack. Fresh and ready to be brewed, they make a cup that’s good from first sip, all the way to the fruit and nut overtones that mark its sweet, soft finish.